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This is a satirical bill regarding the treatment of students during the Forrest Hill Riot.

The Breeze printed this image of guys playing one another at a game of chess in a dorm room, while drinking wine and beer. Images like these provide a contrast with earlier photographs of dormitory life. Casual incorporation of alcohol into student…

Both local residents and JMU students march down Main Street in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. A rally was held at the Rockingham County Courthouse with a large turnout, despite poor weather conditions.

Printed in a 1954 issue of Madison College's newspaper, The Breeze, this article demonstrates the strained relationship between blacks and whites in 1950s America--college campuses not exempt. Made up in ‘blackface’, white students held a party with…

Exuberant students surround a keg in this image from 1979, a year after kegs were first allowed in dormitories. In 2013, kegs are no longer allowed after keg privileges were taken away in the late 1980s. Reports from administration indicate that…

This article in The Breeze discusses the transition to self-service laundry. Since the opening of the school, student laundry had been cleaned by school-hired personnel. At first the service was free, but before discontinuing laundry services in 1978…

This item contains some of the governing rules and standard behaviors expected of students attending Madison College. These guide lines are divided into five categories: Dining Hall, Governing Rules, Conduct, Dormitory Regulations, and Housekeeping.

Student handbooks, like this early one from the founding years of the school, outlined the details so students were clear on school rules and expectations.

This is an SGA Polo.

This is the thank you card the Madison College Student Government Association received from Jackie Kennedy in response to the card the organization sent after the death of President John F. Kennedy.